You Dont Have To Be Good At Sports ....By Chris Mandia Sports are a big part of the United States. Every state, every city, and every town. In the area where I live sports is a big part of this town. I believe that "You don't have to be good at a sport to know anything about it". Like you see coaches all the time in professional leagues and college leagues that haven't even touched a baseball or basketball but they know so much about the sport they coach.
There are so many coaches in the NBA and the MLB that haven't played that sport in their life. Lawrence Frank was one of the greatest coaches there was but the thing is he never played basketball in his life. He was raised in Teaneck New Jersey; Frank graduated from Teaneck High school, but never made the school's basketball team. He played for a Jewish Community Center team and was also a player-coach for a CYO team. He earned his degree at Indiana University in 1992. He became the head coach of the New Jersey Nets in 2004 then he was released from the Nets on November 29, 09. But he was one of the best coaches that didn't play that sport at all.
Another example I have that has been in my life is when I taught my friend to be better at tennis. My friend Kieran plays tennis and he asked me to come play with him one time. He didn't know that I never played before in my life. But what I didn't know was that I knew so much about tennis. I taught him so many drills and he got so much better. I taught him so much stuff that the next weekend he went and played in a tournament and won first place. I felt so proud. I really couldn't play that sport at all but I knew so much about it.
This was my first year playing golf on the golf team. I have played golf before with my dad and I wasn’t so good at the sport, but I wanted to keep play and trying. So I joined the golf team to get better and learn more about the sport. I knew a lot about the sport but I just needed to learn how to play. So we would have practice every day after school and every other day we would be on the golf course and then we would be on the driving range the other days. When we were on the course we would go out in groups and some of the guys I would play with would be better than me but I didn’t care because they were older than me. I was the kid that held every one up. But I was really a good kid when it came to knowing something about the club or how far they are away from the pin.
So I really believe that you don’t have to be good at a sport to know a lot about it. There is a lot of people in the world that are not good at sports but know a lot about it. So that is what I believe.
You Dont Have To Be Good At Sports ....By Chris Mandia
Sports are a big part of the United States. Every state, every city, and every town. In the area where I live sports is a big part of this town. I believe that "You don't have to be good at a sport to know anything about it". Like you see coaches all the time in professional leagues and college leagues that haven't even touched a baseball or basketball but they know so much about the sport they coach.
There are so many coaches in the NBA and the MLB that haven't played that sport in their life. Lawrence Frank was one of the greatest coaches there was but the thing is he never played basketball in his life. He was raised in Teaneck New Jersey; Frank graduated from Teaneck High school, but never made the school's basketball team. He played for a Jewish Community Center team and was also a player-coach for a CYO team. He earned his degree at Indiana University in 1992. He became the head coach of the New Jersey Nets in 2004 then he was released from the Nets on November 29, 09. But he was one of the best coaches that didn't play that sport at all.
Another example I have that has been in my life is when I taught my friend to be better at tennis. My friend Kieran plays tennis and he asked me to come play with him one time. He didn't know that I never played before in my life. But what I didn't know was that I knew so much about tennis. I taught him so many drills and he got so much better. I taught him so much stuff that the next weekend he went and played in a tournament and won first place. I felt so proud. I really couldn't play that sport at all but I knew so much about it.
This was my first year playing golf on the golf team. I have played golf before with my dad and I wasn’t so good at the sport, but I wanted to keep play and trying. So I joined the golf team to get better and learn more about the sport. I knew a lot about the sport but I just needed to learn how to play. So we would have practice every day after school and every other day we would be on the golf course and then we would be on the driving range the other days. When we were on the course we would go out in groups and some of the guys I would play with would be better than me but I didn’t care because they were older than me. I was the kid that held every one up. But I was really a good kid when it came to knowing something about the club or how far they are away from the pin.
So I really believe that you don’t have to be good at a sport to know a lot about it. There is a lot of people in the world that are not good at sports but know a lot about it. So that is what I believe.